National Repository of Open Educational Resources ● 'National Repository of Open Educational Resources offers resources for all school subjects and grades in multiple languages. The resources are available in the form of concept maps, videos, audio clips, talking books, multimedia, learning objects, photographs, diagrams, charts, articles, wikipages and textbooks.'

No Straight Lines ● 'No Straight Lines offers a plethora of examples of how societies and companies around the world are using technology in a collaborative and innovative way, bringing success to their economy and a meaningful connection between the members of the community.'

On the Commons ● 'On the Commons (OTC) is a commons movement strategy center founded in 2001. [Its] purpose is to activate the emergence of a commons-based society'.

Open Access EBooks ● 'This chapter discusses what Open Access means in the context of e-books, how Open Access e-books can be supported, and the roles that Open Access e-books will play in libraries and in our society.'

Open Bibliographic Data Guide ● '[T]he business cases for Open Bibliographic Data – releasing some or all of a library’s catalogue records for open use and re-use by others.'

Open Data Handbook ● 'This handbook introduces you to the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially useful for those working with government data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to do open.'

Oppia ● 'Oppia is a tool for creating interactive online activities that enable students to learn by doing.'

Oral Literature in Africa ● 'First published in 1970 by Oxford University Press, this classic study has been hailed as "the single most authoritative work on oral literature”. It traces the history of story-telling in Africa, and brings to life the diverse forms of creativity across the African continent'

Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning ● '[D]escribes the [OER] movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER’s significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges.'

Queensland Government Data ● 'The Queensland Government will release as much public data as possible, free to anyone who wishes to use it. This data has been gathered using public money and is the property of the people of Queensland and so, where suitable, we will release it.'

Sources of Information

SpringerOpen ● An open access publisher in medicine, science and technology.

Standford Engineering Everywhere ● 'SEE programming includes one of Stanford’s most popular engineering sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates, and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.'

Wikinews ● "The Wikinews project is a free content news source of the Wikimedia Foundation that seeks to provide content, free of charge, where everyone is invited to contribute reports about events large and small, either from direct experience, or summarized from elsewhere."

Books

Achieving Impossible Things ● 'Six "impossible things": GNU/Linux, Wikipedia, the Creative Commons, the Blender Foundation, Open Hardware, and the OLPC/Sugar project. All created under free licenses for everyone to use, in defiance of our conventional ideas of business economics. Is it magic, coincidence, or just plain common sense at work here?'

An Open World ● "This collection offers some of the most enpowering stories from our open source community—and perhaps you could be in the next edition."

Code ● 'cyberspace has no “nature.” It only has code-the software and hardware that make cyberspace what it is. That code can create a place of freedom-as the original architecture of the Net did-or a place of oppressive control. '

Frontier Encounters ● 'Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of views on how the borders between [China, Russia and Mongolia] are enacted, produced, and crossed.'

Is Behavioral Economics Doomed? ● 'Those of you who have read about – and who has not? – the current economic crisis may wonder just how rational economic man or woman is. Behavioral economics has become the modern rage. So is rational economic man – homo economicus – dead?'

Journals

International Free & Open Source Software Law Review ● The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues.

SCIRES-IT ● '[P]rovides a forum for the exchange and sharing of know-how in the areas of Digitalization and Multimedia Technologies and Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in support of Cultural and environmental Heritage (CH) documentation, preservation and fruition.'

Sources of Journals

Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication ● "The Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open-access publication for original articles, reviews and case studies that analyze or describe the strategies, partnerships and impact of library-led digital projects, online publishing and scholarly communication initiatives."

Data

Atlas of Living Australia ● 'The Atlas of Living Australia (Atlas) contains information on all the known species in Australia aggregated from a wide range of data providers: museums, herbaria, community groups, government departments, individuals and universities.'

Queensland Government Data ● 'The Queensland Government will release as much public data as possible, free to anyone who wishes to use it. This data has been gathered using public money and is the property of the people of Queensland and so, where suitable, we will release it.'

Sources of Gift Guides

OER

Ed Startup 101 ● 'Ed Startup is designed to acquaint educators, educational researchers, and others to the world of entrepreneurship and intrapeneurship, help you decide which one is right for you, and support you in the first steps of your journey.'

Free to Mix ● 'The guide gives you information, activities and ideas to confidently create a remix from material you know you have the rights to reuse.'

National Repository of Open Educational Resources ● 'National Repository of Open Educational Resources offers resources for all school subjects and grades in multiple languages. The resources are available in the form of concept maps, videos, audio clips, talking books, multimedia, learning objects, photographs, diagrams, charts, articles, wikipages and textbooks.'

OpenTest ● 'OpenTest is a Collaborative Assessment Database for OpenEducation.'

Oppia ● 'Oppia is a tool for creating interactive online activities that enable students to learn by doing.'

Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning ● '[D]escribes the [OER] movement in detail, providing readers with insight into OER’s significant benefits, its theory and practice, and its achievements and challenges.'

Teaching Copyright ● 'EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way.'

Why Open Education Matters ● A contest where people were asked to 'Create a short video that explains the benefits and promise of Open Educational Resources for teachers, students and schools everywhere.'

Sources of OER

Free Curricula Center ● The Free Curricula Center (FCC) helps students worldwide reach their educational potential by producing and distributing university-level curricula that can be copied freely and modified cooperatively.

JISC ● ' JISC is the UK’s expert on information and digital technologies for education and research'

OERu ● 'OERu gives you the chance to study independently, from home, with access to world-class courses from recognised institutions.'

Open Course Library ● 'The Open Course Library is a collection of expertly developed educational materials – including textbooks, syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments – in 81 high-enrollment college courses.'

OpenTextBookStore ● 'We scour the Internet for the best quality textbooks issued under open licenses that allow for printing.'

Standford Engineering Everywhere ● 'SEE programming includes one of Stanford’s most popular engineering sequences: the three-course Introduction to Computer Science taken by the majority of Stanford undergraduates, and seven more advanced courses in artificial intelligence and electrical engineering.'